Affordable Housing: Concepts and Policies*

Economic Papers

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Abelson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

H12; H20; housing costs; housing policy; market failure; R31; R38

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155152987     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2009.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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